000 AWUS83 KEAX 121518 AWSMCI AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1020 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004 DURING THE MORNING HOURS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH SEDALIA AND CARROLLTON...WHILE EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS WAS EXPERIENCING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES BY MID MORNING WERE IN THE LOWER 70S AND WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH MISSOURI LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WARM AND MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH...COUPLED WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...WILL ALLOW FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT PASSES. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. FOLLOWING THE FRONT AND RAINY CONDITIONS...SKIES WILL CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL FOR THE WEEKEND. $$ LEINS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST...THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER /PID/ FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM AWSMCI TO RWSEAX. THE WMO HEADER /AWUS83 KEAX/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY NEEDED CHANGES ARE COMPLETED BY JULY 1ST.